Hacker News: MetalBuddhahttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=MetalBuddhaHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:18:01 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by MetalBuddha in "Java is still available at zero-cost"]]>> If your system is well designed it should be trivial to move between different versions.

Not many systems are well designed.

]]>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:48:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17883976MetalBuddhahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17883976https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17883976<![CDATA[New comment by MetalBuddha in "Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?"]]>The hard truth is, you're best leaving it alone unless you're willing to take the flak for introducing bugs into "working" code. It's just one of the unfortunate realities of software development.

]]>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:36:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826072MetalBuddhahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826072https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826072